The School Psychologist Community of Practice is an opportunity to focus on the school psychologist profession and current trends on timely topics. This community is designed to have opportunities to share challenges and find common solutions. Participants will increase knowledge and skills related to trends in Oakland County information and resources connected to the topic of the session, and solutions to solve problems of practice.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning

OS Staff:

• Karen Rusniak Karen.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Jim Wood Jim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us

The School Psych Series is a collaborative training series designed to enhance and refine the skills of practicing School Psychologists in Oakland, Macomb and St. Clair Counties on a variety of topics. These sessions are designed to develop the skill set of school psychologists to meet the ever-changing needs of our students in education.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning

OS Staff:

• Susan Koceski Susan.Koceski

The Truancy Task force is composed of members from the court, the Prosecutor's Office, Child Protective Services, school districts, and community groups to promote the three As- Attendance, Attachment, and Achievement.

Services That OS Provides:

• Collaborative Partnership
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Carolyn Clearhout carolyn.claerhout@oakland.k12.mi.us

The Oakland County Prosecutor, the school superintendents of the 28 public districts in Oakland County, and Oakland Schools have joined in partnership to develop the Early Truancy Intervention Program. This is a collaborative effort to help children who are not regularly attending school.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)
• Referral Support

OS Staff:

• Ginny TaylorGinny.Taylor@oakland.k12.mi.us

The Back to School Program is a truancy prevention program for middle school and junior high school students. The goal is to develop good attendance practices throughout their school career.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Ginny Taylor Ginny.Taylor@oakland.k12.mi.us

In 2021, Oakland Schools was given approval by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to create 20-25 minute sessions based on the Michigan Model for Health Social and Emotional skills and combining restorative circles as a way to reinforce the Tier 1 CASEL SELect program in advisory/seminars at the MS and HS level, while building community in these multi-grade groups.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Curriculum and Materials

OS Staff:

• Kelly Carey Kelly.Carey@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Christina Harvey Christina.Harvey@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Julie McDaniel-Muldoon Julie.Mcdaniel-Muldoon@oakland.k12.mi.us

Provide consultation, professional development, resources and collaborative community partnerships to support local districts and Foster Care Liaisons in implementing the Fostering Connections Act and Foster Care provisions within ESSA.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Holly Douglas Holly.Douglas@oakland.k12.mi.us

Provide consultation, professional development, resources and collaborative community partnerships to support the McKinney Vento Homeless Student Liaisons throughout Oakland County. Case consultation regarding the application of McKinney Vento Act to complex student situations. Dispute Resolution.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional
• Learning Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)
• Community Collaborative Partnerships

OS Staff:

• Holly Douglas Holly.Douglas@oakland.k12.mi.us

Allergies are common worldwide; the symptoms range from mild to life-threatening reactions. Oakland Schools ISD offers training on epinephrine auto-injector administration. The training and information provided align with the MDE Model Policy on Medication Administration in Schools.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Dayna Bennett Dayna.Bennett@oakland.k12.mi.us

School emergency planning is crucial to the safety of our students, especially those with chronic health conditions. In this training we will help your school establish a Cardiac and Medical Response Team. The training also assists your local school district in working towards or establishing a Board Approved Cardiac Emergency Response Plan.

Prerequisites:

Participants who are trained in CPR/first aid/ AED usage, Blood Borne Pathogens, Safe and Legal Support of Students' Health and Medication Needs, or Medication Administration training provided by a licensed registered professional nurse, physician, or physician assistant who knows local school medication policies and procedures.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Dayna Bennett Dayna.Bennett@oakland.k12.mi.us

Special Populations Capacity Building supports educators who work with students who have IEPS. Consultants specializing in autism, emotional impairments, cognitive impairments, physical/health impairments, math disabilities, reading disabilities, and communication challenges are available to assist you.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

Newcomer EL consultant to support districts and schools in creating a welcoming environment with an asset-minded and resilient lens. Professional learning and consultation can be provided along with shared resources to community and classroom supports. Tier 1 systemic approach with Tiers 2 and 3 for specific needs.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Tina KozlowskiTina.Kozlowski@oakland.k12.mi.us

A Newcomer Resource Guide is available to help provide the necessary resources to newcomer families and school staff. This is an ongoing collaborative work with the county, state, faith groups, community agencies, and more.

Resource:

• http://welcomematdetroit.org/

Services That OS Provides:

• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Tina KozlowskiTina.Kozlowski@oakland.k12.mi.us

A trauma-informed, resilience-focused, and restorative approach to student behavior provides educators with a new perspective for addressing challenging behavior in a strengths-based manner.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Steve Whitmore Steve.Whitmore@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Julie McDaniel-Muldoon Julie.Mcdaniel-Muldoon@oakland.k12.mi.us

Professional Learning, Consultation, Information and Resources related to school social work practice. This includes communities of practices, curated collections of information and resources, and opportunities to network across the county.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Steve Whitmore Steve.Whitmore@oakland.k12.mi.us

A range of supports that include Student Problem Solving and other consultations to help school teams improve student support. This incudes specialized mental health programming and psychiatric evaluation. This is for students with IEPs only and may be accessed through a district service request.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Steve Whitmore Steve.Whitmore@oakland.k12.mi.us

Individual and group consultation or coaching for school counselors throughout Oakland County available upon request.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Coaching

OS Staff:

• Sean DoughertySean.Dougherty@oakland.k12.mi.us

Professional learning session for teams of school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other social-emotional focused educators. Emphasis on schoolwide SEL concepts and leadership opportunities for assessing and moving SEL work forward in a school or district.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Sean DoughertySean.Dougherty@oakland.k12.mi.us

Sessions for districts, schools, and other educators focused on family engagement fundamentals and opportunities are available. Increasing family engagement is known to increase connection and academic achievement.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Informational Resource(s)
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Sean DoughertySean.Dougherty@oakland.k12.mi.us

Professional learning session and consultation available for supporting school counseling program development of comprehensive, data-driven programs through use of the American School Counselor Association National Model 4th Edition framework. Used to ensure student needs are met across the academic, career, and social/emotional domains.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Sean DoughertySean.Dougherty@oakland.k12.mi.us

PREPaRE is a comprehensive, nationally supported training curriculum developed by educators for educators. PREPaRE consists of 2 workshops designed to address crisis preparedness, response and mitigation, and recovery. PREPaRE provides school-based mental health professionals and safety/crisis team members with the tools they need to be ready to address a crisis when it happens.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Patricia ChinnPatricia.Chinn@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Susan Koceski Susan.Koceski@oakland.k12.mi.us

Oakland Schools Child Nutrition provides referent group leadership, compliance support and technical assistance for all federal child nutrition programs operated in Oakland County as well as professional learning for all Child Nutrition professionals in Oakland County.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Lori AdkinsLori.Adkins@oakland.k12.mi.us

We offer both group and individual consultation to preschool staff to help them navigate their complex work with children and families. Case consultation to share tools and insights to address specific families’ mental health needs and to refer them to outside mental health services when appropriate. Support for administrators related to policy development (e.g. expulsion policy) and implementation of evidence-based practices to support mental health.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Karen Anthony Karen.Anthony@oakland.k12.mi.us

School refusal describes the disorder of a child who refuses to go to school on a regular basis or has problems staying in school. Oakland Schools consultants can assist in understanding the dynamics of school refusal and related intervention strategies.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

Teaches staff de-escalation, conflict resolution, and physical management skills for use with verbally & physically acting out students. It allows for staff to gain the knowledge and skills for early response and how to effectively prevent or defuse a behavioral escalation.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

Motivational Interviewing (MI) in schools is a facilitative, short-term approach to help students deal with their ambivalence about the behavior changes they are considering. It is student-focused and collaborative in its approach.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

Cognitive behavioral therapy programs help students develop strategies to solve problems, regulate emotions, and establish helpful patterns of thought and behavior. Staff learn how to assist students in this process.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

School staff learn how anxiety impacts students, the dynamics of anxiety, and how to support students using intervention strategies.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

LSCI is beneficial for assisting students develop necessary skills for life.Teaches reclaiming/de-escalation skills to staff for intervening with troubled and acting out youth toward building better self-management skills.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us

Professional learning, consultation, resources, and ongoing support into the neuroscience and restorative science of teaching and learning, educational leadership, organizational change, and school community building.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Julie McDaniel-Muldoon Julie.Mcdaniel-Muldoo@oakland.k12.mi.us

Provide consultation, professional learning, resources, and ongoing support for implementing restorative practices at any level of the educational system.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Julie McDaniel-Muldoon Julie.Mcdaniel-Muldoo@oakland.k12.mi.us

The Oakland County JEDI Council is a referent group exclusively for district-level equity leaders. This group provides resources, consultative support, and opportunities for collaboration. Additionally, the group serves as a role and at times racial affinity group for central office leaders with equity-centered responsibilities.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning

• Consultation,

• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Cornelius GodfreyCornelius.Godfrey@oakland.k12.mi.us

Providing support, resources, consultation, and professional learning for bullying prevention and intervention from a research-based, best practice, and community-focused perspective. Deeper exploration allows for an examination of power imbalance, school culture factors, and more to identify root causes of bullying behavior.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Julie McDaniel-Muldoon Julie.Mcdaniel-Muldoo@oakland.k12.mi.us

Opportunity for district team, parents, student to discuss issues of concern with the contracted psychiatrist. The meetings generate ideas & suggestions for the district & family to consider in their work with the student around the issues of concern. The student must have current active IEP.

Services That OS Provides:

coming soon ...

OS Staff:

• Jim WoodJim.Wood@oakland.k12.mi.us

Supporting buildings and central office collecting and understanding data to make data-informed decisions. Data dialogues focus on areas related to the Whole Child and bridging the gap between academic and non-academic data to support students in their educational achievement.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Elizabeth Paré elizabeth.pare@oakland.k12.mi.us

Behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) is a multidisciplinary, fact-based, systematic process designed to identify, assess, and manage potentially dangerous or violent situations. Our consultants can provide support and guidance for conducting student threat assessments.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

Aspire is a collaboration between Oakland Schools and New Oakland Family Centers to support those students in our special education center based programs.

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation

OS Staff:

• Karen RusniakKaren.Rusniak@oakland.k12.mi.us

Planning for improvement centering the whole child; leadership focus on the whole-child essentials.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• DeLisa JonesDeLisa. Jones@oakland.k12.mi.us

Medication administration training based on the Safe and Legal Support of Students with Health and Medication Needs authored by the Michigan Association of School Nurses (MASN). This training is based on the MDE Model Policy.

Service That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Dayna BennettDayna.Bennett@oakland.k12.mi.us

Public health impacts a wide variety of areas in schools. Oakland Schools offers consultation on public health matters (lice, bed bugs, communicable disease, etc).

Services That OS Provides:

• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Dayna BennettDayna.Bennett@oakland.k12.mi.us

Monthly meeting for the School Nurses of Oakland County to network and gain the necessary knowledge of nursing requirements. Additionally, nurses learn about new school health information.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Dayna BennettDayna.Bennett@oakland.k12.mi.us

We have a MiPlace course and ongoing professional learning series on the Whole Child, SEL & Trauma for English Learners. In addition, we offer consult and in-district professional learning on this topic.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Christy OsborneChristy.Osborne@oakland.k12.mi.us

Shared learning and networking designed for Oakland County Sex Education Supervisors and/or Health Education Leadership to build their understanding of the state law, skill set around best practice in Comprehensive Health Education, and connect with others in similar roles in Oakland County.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning

OS Staff:

• Christina Harvey Christina.Harvey@oakland.k12.mi.us

Offers technical assistance, training, and data-driven consultation for Oakland County Schools related to Comprehensive Health Education K-12.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Christina Harvey Christina.Harvey@oakland.k12.mi.us

Supporting the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) with a focus on well-being and social-emotional learning for new teachers as part of their monthly sessions.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Amber ZarbAmber.Zarb@oakland.k12.mi.us

Consultation and professional learning support around the developing and implementing a comprehensive school mental health system, integrating work around Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS), Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Social Emotional Learning, Community Resource Mapping, 31n(6)/C4s services, and more.  Individual district consultation and professional learning are available.

Services that OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Amber Zarb Amber.Zarb@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Amy Hawtin Amy.Hawtin@oakland.k12.mi.us

Supporting district-wide and school-wide teams with developing, implementing, and progress monitoring of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework. Support is also available at every step to assist you in integrating existing programs using data-driven approaches.

Services that OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Christina Harvey Christina.Harvey@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Amy Hawtin Amy.Hawtin@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Elizabeth Paréelizabeth.pare@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Amber Zarb Amber.Zarb@oakland.k12.mi.us

31N awardees work directly with consultants in building capacity to develop a strong mental health support system to assist students. 31N providers, administrators and others meet regularly to network, ask questions, and gain guidance throughout the process. 31N school districts also receive guided data documentation support.

Services that OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation
• Informational Resource(s)

OS Staff:

• Patricia Chinn Patricia. Chinn@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Amy Hawtin Amy.Hawtin@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Elizabeth Paréelizabeth.pare@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Amber Zarb Amber.Zarb@oakland.k12.mi.us

A nationally recognized, comprehensive, evidence-based, Pre-K through 12 curriculum built around skills-based instruction. 

Building knowledge and skills so that students feel confident and have the self efficacy to act in a safe and healthy way.

Services That OS Provides:

• Professional Learning
• Consultation, coaching
• curriculum and material supports

OS Staff:

• Christina Harvey Christina.Harvey@oakland.k12.mi.us

This project is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan to help young people in crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.

This project trains teams of peer educators to develop a year-long campaign that aims to:

• Increase awareness around social connectedness and coping strategies to support well-being.
• Increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety.
• Diminish stigma around depression, anxiety, and help-seeking behaviors.
• Connect peers with trusted adults and mental health supports in their community.

Services That OS Provides:

• In district Project

Resources That OS Provides:

• Here4U web page

OS Staff:

• Christina Harvey Christina.Harvey@oakland.k12.mi.us
• Elizabeth Paréelizabeth.pare@oakland.k12.mi.us